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By Chris Soth My phone rang on a Saturday morning in April 1997. I was still asleep, but my answering machine picked up. "Chris, this is Matthew. I work with...
Hi guys, As usual, I have more questions. :-) I started on a new script, and as it's coming along, it's turning out to be a musical--the cartoon type. I'm...
hi sandi, i haven't read too many scripts for musicals. my sense is that the lyrics belong under character names, just like regular dialogue, but in italics. ...
Salvador Litvak
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May 24, 2005 10:11 pm
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Hi Sal, Thanks for your answers. They helped a lot. I think what I need to do is just keep to the story, and not worry about songs. I wasn't intending on ...
... this question comes up a lot. i'm not an IP lawyer, but my sense is that if the events are changed so much as to be unrecognizable, well, then they're...
Sal wrote: this question comes up a lot. i'm not an IP lawyer, but my sense is that if the events are changed so much as to be unrecognizable, well, then...
Sean and Sal, Thanks so much for your answers and all your help! I forwarded everything to my friend. Hugs, Sandi Sandi G. Rog Writer of hysterical--er--I...
Hi guys, me again. Isn't there a difference in length between a mini-series and a feature film? I know a feature film should run approximately 110 pages....
... Sean comments: There is no set length for a mini-series, they run all over the map, from three one hour shows to five or seven. I think in most cases...
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Sean, You're always ready to answer our questions, no matter how silly. :-) Sorry I'm late in thanking you, but better late than never, right? Thanks bunches! ...
In a message dated 5/13/05 10:26:32 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Chris, I mostly lurk here with dreams and plans of writing. Your message made me curious: are...
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Jun 9, 2005 8:29 am
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Hi Christine: I run a screenwriting group in Clark, NJ (right near Edison). We're pretty packed right now, but we may have room for a new member. Email me...
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Jun 9, 2005 3:57 pm
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Two nice pieces of news on my film: 1. We're having a Special Preview Screening Monday night in Westchester, NY, hosted by renowned critic Janet Maslin of the...
Salvador Litvak
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Jun 22, 2005 5:32 am
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Greeting fellow writers, I'm looking for some help. I have a development company who likes one of my sripts. They want to me to do a production breakdown and ...
... Sean comments: and all he can say is your working with one damned el cheapo producer if he/she wants you to pay for their production breakdown (something...
Hi all, I think I may have asked this before, so apologies if I did. I have two vampires in my story that mentally talk to each other, which of the two forms...
... Sean comments: What you want is of course done by voicing the dialogue over the scene, as in a narrated speech. Audiences are fully conditioned to the...
... Thanks Sean, ... Just used Vampire 1 as an example. I do use their actual names, FIBS (no redemming value whatsoever sociopath female), HARRY/HARRIET (Zen...
Hi Jerry, I just wanted to mention that I first saw the device of telepathic vampires in a stylish Mexican film called EL VAMPIRO (1957 - available on Mondo...
... Sean Wish I could take credit for the names but that goes to Susan Zoon, author of "Vampire Lover". I've adapted the book (I do own the screenplay rights) ...
Screenwriters can write a compelling script using the theme of a person who has been wrongly imprisoned. This theme can be used to develop exciting and varied...
"This is E.T. gone bad," says Tom Cruise. "You do not want to run into these aliens." Cruise plays Ray Ferrier, who is faced with the ultimate test of...
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1001 Web Sites to find PAID WORK in the arts. I have put together a library of arts job sites, thought it might be educational as well as useful. Includes some...